Unspecified over Folkestone, Kent · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A silver spin top, bobbing at a height of 300 feet. Was about the size of a football.
Held as-reported from UK Ministry of Defence UAP files. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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What would the paper say?
UK sighting reports were handled by the MoD's UFO desk until 2009; later records answer to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, earlier files sit at the National Archives. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: UK Ministry of Defence · records window 2001-01-25 → 2001-02-11
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May 30, 2009 · 2:00 AM
Folkestone, Kent · United Kingdom
A bright circular amber light, the size of a 2p coin. It was moving very slowly in a straight line but once it flew over the witnesses house it accelerated away very very quickly into the distance. It made no noise and left no vapour trail.
January 4, 1999 · 6:00 PM
Folkestone, Kent · United Kingdom
Squashed oval shaped object. Did not have the usual aircraft lights on it.